ButterWashed

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by ButterWashed 3mo ago
You can't really assume the prices will stay low forever and removing local competition exposes you to supply chain issues.
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by ButterWashed 1y ago
I remember Wimpy from my school days. I have never, and probably will never, eat anything as monstrous as Wimpy's Bender in a bun with cheese.
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Chess Makes Historic Debut at Esports World Cup 2025 – $1.5M Prize Pool(chess.com)
3 points by ButterWashed 2y ago|0 comments
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by ButterWashed 2y ago
I'm fascinated by what prompts lead to 'Please try a different prompt.' New Zealand or Australia lead to the aforementioned error, but The Antipodes generates a set. I thought individual countries had been banned for possibly
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by ButterWashed 2y ago
His recent announcement to bring in a policy to make former Prime Ministers do National Service really did bring tears of laughter to my eyes.
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by ButterWashed 3y ago
I didn't think anyone would have a toaster as old as mine, I might take mine with me just for preservation.
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Ask HN: What's your oldest piece of electrical equipment?
23 points by ButterWashed 3y ago|48 comments
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A Critique of Safe – The Scaled Agile Framework(tomgeraghty.co.uk)
2 points by ButterWashed 3y ago|0 comments
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by ButterWashed 3y ago
I found the abstract of this article to be quite interesting[0] and reflects my own experience of WFH. Pre-pandemic I was always in an office and now I'm always at home, I definitely have a longer work day now because there's more
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I agree with this. I hate exercise so I go into the office a few days a week and I cycle to get there and back which is roughly 10 miles in total. Without that commute I'd be too tempted to do nothing by way of exercise.
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
Thanks! I hadn't heard of that show before, having watched the first episode you can tell it's from the era of Tomorrows World and the legendary Johnny Ball!
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Otterize – intent-based access control(otterize.com)
8 points by ButterWashed 4y ago|1 comments
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I work in London, UK. The distrust levels in the company I work in are difficult to gauge as I'm contracted out to a client site. From what I hear other contractors in the client site the level of distrust is simply down to pay. The
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I'm not on Twitter and yet I'm probably aware of far-right commentary on the platform. I can't say I'm aware of any "far left extremists" as you call them. Who are the "far left extremists" that you
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I'm currently a year into a role as Lead SRE in team working in SAFe. We plan five 2 week sprints for which we immediately write off 50% of our time as "BAU activities" and the rest of our time is spent lurching from one del
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
They should align the Web version with IP and move straight onto v6 really...
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Novelty Automation(novelty-automation.com)
30 points by ButterWashed 4y ago|5 comments
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Shutterstock is removing AI generated images(vice.com)
1 points by ButterWashed 4y ago|0 comments
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
Tim Berners-Lee's startup Inrupt [0] is essentially trying to partner with companies to sell an enterprise version of the Solid Project software. Their website suggests they've partnered with some large-ish companies already[1].
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
In the DevOps/OnCall role you have to be prepared to deal with "all kinds of software bugs and hardware deviations on a daily basis" which doesn't sound like a barrel of laughs.
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I thought this was satire at first pass. “I don’t expect most people will buy into our long-range vision,” Weyl said. “We need to give people breadcrumbs to follow." Just so long as those breadcrumbs lead to a place where accountabilit
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
Until a major party comes out with a manifesto pledge to offer a public vote on moving to Proportional Representation I'm not sure why anyone would bother voting Conservative or Labour anymore.
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
"Unfortunately, there is no cure for narcissism" I can't imagine this will ever change. How do you encourage someone who seeks the admiration of others at all costs to simply stop? Without a shred of evidence, I'm sure t
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I read a few blog posts about FIRE and they seemed to promote spending less now so you can work less in the future. That's fine, but there rarely seems to be mention of risks with moving to a fixed income.
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by ButterWashed 4y ago
I only recently heard of this idea at the AWS Summit when talking to a rep of one of your competitors (Zesty), they have a minimum spend of $7k. Your pricing page says there's no conditions, so I assume you don't have minimum spen
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by ButterWashed 5y ago
I always enjoy reading about this kind of stuff even though a lot of is only applicable in the US. On UK landlines you can dial 17070 to access BT line test functions. When you dial a very well spoken voice reads your phone number back to
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by ButterWashed 5y ago
Having just taken a job as a l Lead SRE in a large consultancy despite not being skilled or experienced enough I'm terrified that I'll struggle to move to a new org solely because of my job title. It's jarring how much of an
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by ButterWashed 5y ago
"I've always resented punctuation" is a quote I can only read in the voice of Walken.
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EU satellite programme to provide real-time greenhouse gas emissions monitoring(independent.co.uk)
4 points by ButterWashed 5y ago|1 comments
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COP26: Plant-based is not the answer to climate change(newfoodmagazine.com)
7 points by ButterWashed 5y ago|2 comments

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